Speaking to Times Radio her mother Sarah said: It’s just a bit like a dream, really. Download a pdf of the 2021 Free Agent bicycle catalog (3.0MB). The 25-year-old former cook from Manchester landed the first-ever 360 backflip to claim success in the BMX freestyle in Tokyo on Sunday. “What we hope from a British Cycling perspective is that people can associate with a Beth Schriever or a Kye Whyte, and we’re able to broaden the diversity of the participants in cycling,” Park said. A gold medal for Olympic BMX rider Charlotte Worthington has been like a dream for her mother. More than that, they have new faces with which to expand the sport’s reach.Ĭycling, particularly on the road and on the track, has come in for justified criticism about its lack of diversity.īut both Whyte and Shriever represent change for British Cycling. The idea was that this might pay off in Paris, but Great Britain now end the opening week of these Games with gold medals in both of the disciplines. Mountain biking and BMX – including the new freestyle events which make their Olympic debut this weekend – were the obvious opportunities, even if UK Sport did not agree, initially denying funding to the men’s mountain bike and women’s BMX for this cycle.īritish Cycling’s performance director Stephen Park feared the consequences of closing those doors and successfully lobbied to reallocate funding. Ride the bikes ridden by 2-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Maris Strombergs, the Free Agent Team.
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